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Nigam Population - Sonitpur, Assam

Nigam is a medium size village located in Gohpur Circle of Sonitpur district, Assam with total 341 families residing. The Nigam village has population of 1584 of which 811 are males while 773 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 12.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nigam village is 953 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Nigam as per census is 1141, higher than Assam average of 962.

Nigam village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Nigam village was 79.81 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Nigam Male literacy stands at 85.81 % while female literacy rate was 73.35 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nigam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nigam village.

Nigam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 341 - -
Population 1,584 811 773
Child (0-6) 197 92 105
Schedule Caste 315 153 162
Schedule Tribe 57 28 29
Literacy 79.81 % 85.81 % 73.35 %
Total Workers 865 439 426
Main Worker 643 - -
Marginal Worker 222 28 194

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.60 % of total population in Nigam village.

Work Profile

In Nigam village out of total population, 865 were engaged in work activities. 74.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 865 workers engaged in Main Work, 629 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.